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Yujing literally means a jade well. This book is about a special fruit, mango. This summer fruit was first introduced to Taiwan by the Dutch colonialists over four hundred years ago. It has a sweet taste with a touch of pleasant sourness. However, its glutinous juice also sticks to the hands. This is the characteristic of the native mango, with a strong flavor as well as fragrance. Fifty years ago, another new species was introduced from the United States. After grafting and cross breeding, the fruit has become much improved, resulting in a new fruit, with a refined and delicate flesh, and a texture pleasant to the mouth. Its sweetness has been enhanced. It has a number of new names, like Aiwen (Love Acknowledgment), Jinhuang (Golden Brilliance), Sijishe (Four Season Mango)... These names were created through the imaginations of these ingenious fruit farmers. This new species of mango, fragrant as well as sweet and refreshing, gradually took root in the southern regions of Taiwan and thrived. The cultivation of mangos requires tender loving care from the farmers. Moreover, it takes friends who appreciate this fruit to make it popular. As long as this fruit receives attention and care from all sides, it will bring new hopes to Taiwanese agriculture. The Secret of Yujing's Mangoes summarizes the development process of the current mango, from greenish native species to fire red as well golden yellow Aiwen mango of today, through the grafting and cross breeding among the native species and the United States imports. Here and there you will find how different species of mangos were developed, and almost every bit of secret finds a gatefold page inside this book. There is even a marvelous mango tree waiting for our young readers to discover! Mango has become a signature fruit of Taiwan. It not only sits at the crown seat in the Election of Ten Classic National Fruits of Taiwan Through Votes, sponsored by the Agricultural Commission of the Executive Yuan, even in an election held in the Japanese Yahoo Website, the Eiwen Mango has received 70% of the votes cast, easily overwhelming native fruits of Japan, and fruits from tropical countries like Philippines, Thailand and India. Do you want to know the secret of mangos? This book will tell you all! This book is the International Edition specifically published by Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Tainan City of Government with EHGBooks POD (print-on-demand) Technology, and the list price will differ from the one printed by the traditional printing house in Taiwan. We welcome global readers to purchase on demand at your discretion!

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Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Tainan City of Government History: The Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tainan City Government, was formed on Dec. 25, 2010; this was the day that Tainan county and city merged, making Tainan a municipality, and the Bureau was therefore reconstituted and renamed by merging the former Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tainan County Government, and Department of Culture and Tourism, Tainan City Government. The first director-general was Yeh, Tse-shan. In May 2011, he was officially promoted as the director-general of the Bureau. Organization & Responsibilities: Since the Bureau was established, and the Tourism Bureau was set up under the Tainan City Government, the affairs in regard to tourism originally under the governance of the Tainan County Government Cultural Affairs Bureau have been put under the charge of the Tourism Bureau. For further development of the cultural administration in the greater Tainan area and in response to the reconstitution of the Council for Cultural Affairs into the Ministry of Culture in 2012, the following units will be set up in 2013: Arts Development Division, Cultural Resources Division, Cultural Facilities Division, Cultural Research Division, Historic Sites Operation Divison, Cultural and Creative Development Division, Cultural Parks Management Division, Yonghua Cultural Center Management Division and Minjhih Cultural Center Management Division, in addition to the original Secretariat, Personnel Office, Accounting Office and Civil Service Ethics Office, etc. In addition, affiliated institutions, including the Tainan Public Libraries and Cultural Heritage Administration Center, were founded for various affairs related to Tainan's cultural policies, as well as exhibitions and performances.

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